Political Views
She was highly critical of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for their efforts of negotiating Israeli-Egyptian peace in the late 1970s. When she was leader of the Socialist Left Party it was the only party in the Norwegian Parliament that already by 1980 advocated recognising the Palestine Liberation Organization. She later wished to withdraw the Peace Prize awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
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